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IDA mulls tax breaks for the Commons the developer said, because the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit would cap them. On Oct. 21, the Town of Dan Deegan, the developer’s Hempstead Industrial Develop- attorney from Forchelli, Deegan, ment Agency unanimously Terrana, LLP, told the IDA approved a preliminary resolu- board, “We are really talking tion to consider providing tax about working people that live breaks to developer here, and it would be Park Grove Realty a jumpstart to the for the PGD Baldwin revitalization of the Commons workforce downtown.” housing project at The $16 million 785 Merrick Road. project would be The proposed funded with convenfour-story, 32,504tional financing, a square-foot building state tax credit and would offer 27 oneg rants, including bedroom and six $850,000 from the $10 two-bedroom units million Downtown for seniors and Revitalization grant households earning that was distributed up to 60 percent of by the state in May. the median area allEN Partnering with income of around the Community HaNdElMaN $59,700 a year. Development CorpoFrom the IDA, the Developer ration of Long developer is seeking Island, a regional a sales tax exempnon-profit that tion, a mortgage recording tax addresses “the growing demand exemption and a 20-year PILOT for affordable housing,” Park with a 10-year extension with Grove estimates construction compliance. Although PILOTs would total $10 million, includare usually set at 20 years, the ing the hiring of 75 temporary, developer is asking for a 30-year local workers. agreement because of federal Baldwin Chamber of Comrent requirements. Park Grove would be unable to raise rents, Continued on page 15

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doRis duffy, faR left, Ginny Foley, Erik Mahler and Rolf Mahler joined in congratulating the new chamber president, Franky Jorge.

Chamber of Commerce swears in new president By KaRiNa KoVaC kkovac@liherald.com

Franky Jorge, vice president of operations at GalaFresh Farms in Baldwin, was sworn in as the new Chamber of Commerce president Nov. 4 at American Legion Post No. 246 in Baldwin. Outgoing 11-year chamber president Erik Mahler was also honored at the ceremony for his leadership with a tree and plaque in his name at Silver Lake.

Jorge, who was born into his family grocery business, said “giving back to the community” was ingrained in him. He said he now hopes to start “bringing new ideas, bringing a different mentality [to the chamber],” noting, “Service is everything — keep up with the town, and it will come back tenfold.” “I hope I do a great job, make everyone proud and help the businesses,” Jorge said. “There’s a lot of growth that will continue to happen,

a lot of unity that we can bring into Baldwin.” He ended with, “I have some things brewing.” After swearing in Jorge, County Executive Laura Curran, of Baldwin, commended the new president, saying, “I go to GalaFresh often . . . It’s a wonderful business, and I know [Jorge’s] going to do a great job,” adding, “We need our businesses to come back all the way, and with him at the helm, Baldwin business Continued on page 12

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Little libraries pop up all around town

BALDWIN HERALD — November 11, 2021

By Karina Kovac kkovac@liherald.com

Baldwin gets a literacy boosting makeover, as Little Free Libraries appear around town in various semi-hidden locations. With three currently installed and one on the way, Elissa Kirchner, the cochair of the Baldwin Civic Association’s Beautification Committee, said, “Hopefully more” are created and registered in the future. With goals to make the town more walkable and increase local literacy, the little libraries are free to use without having to put more books in. However, if a passerby wo u l d l i ke t o donate books or exchange one for another, that is also acceptable. Kirchner is regularly reloading and regulating the books to make them appropriate for all audiences. Saying she adds dif fe rent genres to differelissa ent spots, “The Kirchner one by the train s t at i o n , I p u t Baldwin Civic more novels in and by the community garden more kids’ [books]”; however, each has an eclectic mix for all ages. The best part about checking up on the libraries she says is “the simple fact that when I load them up, I’m seeing new books that other people have put in or books the [community] have taken.” So far, the local little libraries are in the process of becoming officially registered with the Little Free Library organization and cannot be found using their online location services. But that adds to the adventure says Kirchner, “I want people to walk to find them.” The first one was put up by one of the train station entrances--the library has a hard to miss mint green coloring and large planters adjacent. The second pretty pink library is somewhere in the Community Garden. The third is by the closed Shubert Elementary school in a tan library box. The fourth is yet to be installed, but will be by the new Silver Lake Park path and benches, once that is completed. The construction of the boxes started with the help of Vincent Leis, a Baldwin High School technology teacher, and his Life Skills Video Production students. Making the boxes for a project a few years ago, this project has been in the works for a while and has finally been able to come to fruition. The little libraries are truly a “community effort” says Kirchner with “many people asking to donate” and eager to find them around town. With the boxes made, Kirchner made the bases with her father-in-law and installed them around town together, making sure to all-weather them--this winter will be their first test. Once in the

’m seeing new books that other people have put in or books the [community] have taken.

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The Third, BuT not final, little library is somewhere near the old Shubert Elementary Schoo--walk around the area and make a game out of finding it.

little libraries locations: —Baldwin train station —Community Garden —Shubert Elementary —Silver Lake Park ground, they added the finishing beautifying touches with flowers and planters around each to complete the inviting aesthetic. K i rch ner says the community “responses have been wonderful,” and studies done by Little Free Library show that when books are in or near a home, the more likely a child will learn and love to read. Not only improving the literacy of kids, having the books within proximity can help the “one in 10 Nassau County adults [that] cannot read a job application, write an email or speak with their child’s teacher.” Kirchner has been an active member of the Beautification Committee since the Baldwin Civic Association began. Adopting a town block to hold a story and craft times for children in the Community Garden, she has also been responsible for numerous plantings around town. New and upcoming activities, like community rock paintings and working on Geocaching around town, can be found on the Baldwin Civic Association website.

The firsT liTTle library was installed to help continue to beautify Baldwin, left. The second liTTle library at one of the train station entrances has been tailored to commuters by offfering mostly adult fantasy, above.

District talks disrepair, citing bond failure By Cristina arroyo rodriguez carroyo@liherald.com

On the Oct. 13 school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Camhi Shari responded to parents’ complaints on social media regarding the physical conditions of school grounds, citing the need for a bond, and the board introduced a first reading of a School Building Safety policy, which would address some of the issues. “In reading the Facebook posts that were made, it does sadden me,” Camhi said regarding recent parents’ posting and commenting on social media about the state of the districts’ outdr. shari door areas and Camhi buildings. She superintendent emphasized that concerns should be first directed to the district, rather than on public platforms, to avoid spread of misinformation. Specifically, parents commented on the missing goal posts at Baldwin Middle School, citing students haven’t been able to play home games. The district, Camhi stated, had them removed, as they had been rusted due to proximity to saltwater and created a health hazard. New ones have been ordered; however, they have not been delivered due to international pandemic-related supply-chain delays. Parents also noticed that outdoor benches had been removed, questioning the reason and whether this was permanent. Camhi reassured that they would be returned, as they had been removed during the height of the pandemic, following social distancing six-foot mandates. Regarding the damaged scoreboards, the district has repaired the baseball and main field scoreboards this year, including these expenses of $16,885 in their approved budget transfers. As for the middle school grounds’ condition, Camhi explained that there had been a grub infestation, that it had been treated, and that the grass would eventually grow back.

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Parents shared their concerns regarding disrepair of Baldwin Middle School outdoor spaces, including missing benches and goal posts in the field. In terms of overall building and ground maintenance concerns, Camhi reassured parents that there is regular maintenance included in the budget, but that not all repairs and renovations can be afforded. To explain budget process of undertaking these projects, Camhi posited a metaphor, stating, “It’s the equivalent of our homes…If I need to redo a kitchen, I have two choices: I can save up for it or take out a loan.” Presently, the district has been using capital reserve funds, or money saved, for various projects, including installing elevators at Steele Elementary School and Plaza Elementary School; however, for more comprehensive ADA-compliant work on the district’s 100-year-old buildings, Camhi stated that a bond would need to be issued, as she tried to do last year. “We are maintaining our buildings through the regular budgeting process, but to do those renovations, it would require a bond issue.” Camhi stated. “I would love to tell you that there’s another way of doing it, but that is the structure of NY state--it is not something that is

local,” she added. The Innovation 2020 $158 million, 20-year bond was vetoed by a vote of 1,046 to 874 on Oct. 1, 2020, during the height of the pandemic. The bond would have helped fund a multi-year capital improvement plan, including renovating decadesold facilities, and cost homeowners an average of $27.81 per month, or $333 per year. Voters cited bad timing, already high property taxes and the possibility of a more paired down bond. As Jeff Barkan, co-president of the South Baldwin Jewish Center, said to the Herald then, “I want to upgrade my house and make it the most attractive on my block, but I also know that it functions perfectly as it is with basic repairs and upgrades to systems as needed.” The board issued a response to the

vote, stating that community disinterest, rather than opposition, drove the results. However, they said they remained open to considering the bond in the future, but not without a caveat: “If the community wishes us to revisit this project, we would need assurance of widespread support.” In this same board meeting, the trustees voted on a first reading of School Safety Policy 8110, which states a commitment to ensure that “all school buildings are properly maintained and preserved to provide a suitable educational setting.” Some of the strategies include appointing a Health and Safety Committee of school stakeholders, review and approval of building surveys, visual inspections, an immediate action clause and charging the superintendent with developing procedures on how to address safety concerns.

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ven the most well-adjusted and well-balanced child can get "frazzled" during holiday time. For a child with special needs, the frazzle point can be reached sooner. The fast pace, the noise, the disruption in a regular schedule can add up to too much stimulation. But help is at hand. Planning ahead will make sure that all members of the family enjoy the holiday season and can ward off the possibility of wear and tear. Here are some tips: Prepare in advance Discuss the event you're planning to attend; where it will be, how you're going to get there, who will be there, so that the child will know what to expect and won't have to deal with surprises. If you're having people at your home, set up a safe place for your child to go to if he needs to cool down.

an issue of special clothes if your child feels comfortable in jeans. Don't set up behavioral rules in advance, such as "be sure you shake hands with Uncle ..." Bring activities Bring along some of your child's favorite things - a book, a game - to provide her with a sense of familiarity and allow her to retreat if things become overly stimulating. Plan carefully Avoid attending too many festivities, and allow some cool-down time between events. Organize your schedule with your child's individual temperament in mind; each child's tolerance for stimulation and ability to adapt vary. Give the child a warning before the end of an activity, which gives her a chance to readjust at her own pace.

Set time limits If you're planning to be at a party or gathering or restaurant, set a reasonable time limit and stick to it.

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Stay calm Your kids will echo your mood. Praise your child. And remember to reward good behavior. ■

Courtesy of NYU Child Study Center. Above photo: To fully enjoy the festive season, we can all benefit by being flexible with our definition of what a holiday should look like. Our childhood traditions and rituals may not work for everyone — and every child. Let’s create new memories and newly define what holidays look like for our own families.

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annual election in May. The term of office is five years. The library budget is proposed by the Board and is voted upon by the residents. The Board of Trustees generally meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This Board Meeting will be conducted via Zoom. You can join on your computer, tablet or mobile device with the Zoom app or you can call in. Meeting information and agenda can be found at https://www.baldwinpl.

Community service programs with the library Interested in being kind and earning community service credits? Take part in the Baldwin Public Library’s ongoing community service programs. Using art, thank a veteran — design a plaque to thanks veterans and visit www. baldwinpl.org to view a “Thanking Our Veterans” video. Or, using art, create a special card for a hospitalized kid. Create your own special card to cheer up a sick child. Visit the library website to view a video that will show you the different ways you can decorate your card. To register, send an email to teens@baldwinpl.org. Library staff will reach out to have you pick up your kit at the main entrance doors of the library.

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Yoga for Beginners The Baldwin Public Library invites Instructor Jean will guide all through these restorative sessions. All are welcome to attend. Please rsvp to baldwinzoom@baldwinpl.org for the password. From 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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Thursday November, 11 Veterans Day Ceremony Veterans, family, friends and the community are cordially invited to Baldwin American Legion Post #246 Veterans Day Ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at 2754 Grand Avenue. After the ceremony, a light lunch will be provided.

Friday November, 12 Friends of the Library Meeting Friends of the Library meetings are currently scheduled for the second Friday of each month from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and all meetings are currently virtual. Please email friends@baldwinpl. org for Zoom links to upcoming meetings. If you have questions, or would like to learn more about becoming involved with the Friends, they may be contacted at (516) 2236228 ext. 199, friends@baldwinpl.org or online at baldwinpl.org/friends.

Friday Afternoon Movie The Baldwin Public Library is having an in-person showing of “Stillwater” from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Community Room. The movie has a 139-minute

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Veterans Day Ceremony Veterans, family, friends and the community are cordially invited to Baldwin American Legion Post #246 Veterans Day Ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at 2754 Grand Avenue. After the ceremony, a light lunch will be provided. runtime and an R rating. Space is limited. It’s in a first-come, first-serve basis, and masks must be worn.

Saturday November, 13 Defensive Driving Class The Baldwin Public Library is offering a defensive Driving six-hour classroom course from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It’s open to all drivers, and can be used to reduce your auto insurance and/or points. There is a fee of $35. Make checks or money orders payable to Martin Hirschfield. In-person registration begins Oct. 18 at the Adult Reference desk. Space is limited, and masks required.

Sunday November, 14 Beautifully Frozen Join Painting with a Twist in creating

your own winter landscape. The event costs $37 per person, and is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at their studio location on 855 Merrick Road.

Monday November, 15 Fall Mason Jar Luminary Celebrate autumn with the Baldwin Public Library as they help the community create beautiful autumn themed luminaries. The event will be held in the Community Room from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and registration is limited.

Tuesday November, 16 Delicious Holiday Side Dishes Barbara Sheridan will share a few delicious side dish recipes at the Baldwin Public Library from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Community Room. You can register in person or by rsvp at baldwinzoom@

baldwinpl.org. Space is limited, and maskes will be required to be worn throughout the program.

Town of Hempstead Board Meeting Public hearings are held on issues ranging from traffic regulations, proposed local laws, amendments to the town code, special exception petitions, and rezoning applications. At the conclusion of each meeting, the Hempstead Town Board remains seated to hear comment from citizens. This will take place at 10:30 a.m. at Hempstead Town Hall, located at One Washington Street, Hempstead, and will also be livestreamed.

Wednesday November, 17 Library Board of Trustees Meeting The Library is under the authority of a five-member Board of Trustees. One member is elected each year at the

The legal function of the Board of Appeals is to hold official public hearings and render formal written decisions on cases brought before it. The meeting is virtual at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. To submit your comments, you may do so online using the Hearings Comment Form.

HAVing An eVenT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to carroyo@liherald.com or kkovac@liherald.com.

You can now apply for your passport at the Baldwin Public Library. The George Sumner Kellogg House is the last remaining of grand residences built along Merrick Road. The Baldwin Public Library turned 100 years old on October 24, 2019. Bob Sheppard, “The Voice of God,” died in his Baldwin residence on July 11, 2010. In 1855, the village was officially founded as Baldwinsville, named in honor of Thomas Baldwin.

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in Charge of members responding with Unit 208 to the World Trade Center site an assisted in the rescue and recovery. He was awarded the 911 Distinguished Service Award for his efforts.

Firefighter Marc Anthony Castel talks opportunities with high school students Firefighter Marc Anthony Castel of Ladder 2, far right, spent two hours on Nov. 3 with Baldwin High School Police Science Class. Firefighter Castel spoke of opportunities for graduating seniors in both the volunteer and career Fire Ser-

vice. Additional information was shared on the EMS world, its rewards and demands. College opportunities for volunteers were also explored. “Today’s youth are our future,” Castel said.

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John P. Brown joined the Baldwin Fire Department in November 1971 through Hook and Ladder Co. 2, joining the ranks of his father ask Capt. Gerard J. Brown. On April 5, 1976 he transfered to the company. John was elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1977, 1st Lieutenant in 1978 and Captain in 1979. He served as Captain in 1984. In 2019, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant of Hook and Ladder Co. 1, and then 2020, became 1st Lieutenant, followed by Captain in 2021. He served as Company Secretary in 1980, Chief of Fire Prevention from 1982 to 1984 and Department Historian from 1983 to 2006. John was the recipient of many awards, including Department Fireman of the Year in 1981, Distinguished Service Award in 1983, Second Battalion Kuss Award in 1983 and Nassau County Silver Medal of Valor 1983. In 1984 John was selected 3rd Deputy Chief, 2ndd Deputy Chief in 1985, 1st Deputy Chief in 1996 and Chief of Department in 1987. He received the American Legion Award for Bravery in 1986, also the 2nd Battalion Kuss Award. In 1987 John received the Nassau County Silver Medal of Valor, as well as Department Fireman of the Year. He was the recipient of the Meritorious Service Award in 1996 and 1998 and received the Sandy Ribbon in 2012. On September 11, 2001, John was the Officer

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Chamber of CommerCe board members joined Erik Mahler, the outgoing chamber president, third from right, and Franky Jorge, the new one, second from right, as Mahler accepted a plaque that will be placed on a tree at Silver Lake.

After 11 years, chamber has a new president brought a lot of passion and advocacy,” she said. “I know he’s not going anywill really have a seat at the table.” After a dinner provided by Mike Leake where.” On a bittersweet note, Curran from At Your Service LI Catering, the added, “This is your last chamber meetboard gave Mahler a parting gift based on ing as president. It’s very likely my last one as well — it’s nice to be his characteristics: “A tall, ending this together.” strong, beautiful, deeply rootKaren Montalbano, the ed” tree at Silver Lake Park, Baldwin Civic Association’s said board member Nancy government liaison, attended Capozzi. to share her thoughts on the Mahler said the heroes past president, saying, “I’m were in the audience, remarkgrateful that there are people ing, “Baldwin is our home. like Erik who are in this comPlease support and shop local munity, who have devoted Baldwin businesses.” their time to the chamber and Mahler reflected on his to the community, who care past projects, including the about the place they live.” Fourth of July fireworks disLooking to the future, play, six tree plantings and Montalbano said, “The Bald“Welcome to Beautiful Bald- erik mahler win Civic Association conwin” signs, while also thank- Outgoing chamber gratulates Franky on taking ing board members for their the reins of this wonderful selflessness. “Democrat or president chamber organization. We Republican,” he said, “we wish him well. We look forwant the same things: good schools, safe environment, you want your ward to working with him.” Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé business to succeed, and you want to be said, “I want to commend Erik for many able to always join.” Curran noted that Mahler planned to years of service…He’s certainly seen so continue his community involvement. much progress as the result, and Franky “His heart is in this work, and he’s will continue that work and build” on it.

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Living alone: good or bad? laundry.” “I got too much to do, I don’t feel like it.” “Too bad, you still gotta do it.” “But I hate doing the laundry.” “Well then, wait one more day and see if the laundry does itself. If it doesn’t, you better get a move on.” “Yeah, I know. You’re right.” “Glad you appreciate having me around.”

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Imagine this constructive dialogue for a slacker “Damn, I only have one clean underwear in my drawer.” “Yup, you’re right; you gotta do the

“I can’t leave the house until everything’s in order.” “Chill out; the house looks fine.” “But I didn’t vacuum or dust today.” “Do it later. Your house is okay; it doesn’t have to be perfect.” apadin “But you know I like things to be perfect.” “That’s why you need me around to remind you that good enough is good enough.” “You’re right. Thanks. You saved me from myself, once again.”

Dialogues such as these voiced out loud (remember, nobody’s around to hear them) don’t make you crazy. They keep you from going crazy. They let you be both the nudger and the nudgie, the whipper and the whippee, nudging yourself toward better behaviors, away from behaviors that lead to less desirable outcomes. Whether you’re living alone or with another, constructive internal dialogues help you move forward in the very best way! Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites www.BeatProcrastinationCoach.com and www.PsychWisdom.com.

Herald seeks Person of the Year nominations Know anyone around town who you’d describe as a true do-gooder –– that PTA president, Little League coach or scout leader who goes above and beyond the call of duty; that community volunteer who gives so much of him or herself while asking for nothing in return; that volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who saved a life? The FILL IN THE BLANK Herald is currently seeking nominations for our annual Person of the Year. All People of the Year are featured in full-length, frontpage feature stories that appear in our final issue of the year, which will be published on Dec. 27. If you know of any unsung heroes

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Some people love living alone -no parent to gripe about what you didn’t do. No spouse to give you “the look” when you’ve left your dirty clothes on the floor. No kids to wake you up when you want to sleep late. No roommate to disturb you when you want to be left alone. To top it off, living with someone who knows all your flaws makes it hard for you to maintain the delusion that you’re the top banana. Many people who live with someone dream about a day when they‘ll be able to live alone. What a relief it’ll be! Nobody on their case, telling them to clean up their mess, criticizing them for what they didn’t do, noticing all their bad habits. In short, no one likes to be nagged or seen naked in their worst moments. Sounds good … but here’s inda the rub. It turns out that many people who live alone discover that when nobody is on their case, they don’t do well. They let things slide. They put off doing what they know they should be doing. They feel lonely but find it hard to admit. Even for workaholics or perfectionists, living alone can create problems because they have difficulty knowing when to chill out, switch activities or tell themselves enough is enough. So what’s a person who’s living alone to do? My answer may surprise you! I’m recommending you talk to yourself out loud. But not just with one voice. With two. No, I’m not advocating a multiple personality disorder. I’m advocating having dialogues between the different parts of you until you come to a satisfactory conclusion.

Soccer pop-pop and Noah’s Arc maybe it was four) times. Anyway, that was it for me and soccer until this past year when our 10-year-old grandson, Noah, emerged as a soccer star and invited me to watch him and his team play. From the sidelines (so close to the field that I spent most of the game praying the ball wouldn’t come near me) I sat in a beach chair (from which getting up was yet another sport unto itself) along with his parents, his siblings, Eliana and Ezra, his nana and his Waldman grandparents. We were joined by a variety of parents (and grandparents) many of on whom, based on the directions, instructions, orders, commands, guidance and directives hurled onto the field, must have been either a retired soccer coach or a Marine drill sergeant. Anyway, the kids joyfully ignored the advice, as their reams with

such p.c. names as Rockets, Dragons, Earthyquake and Hurricane, took the field with enthusiasm. Our Noah’s team was called Force, which I at first thought meant all members were “forced” t o j o i n , bu t I s o o n learned that each boy and girl loved being part of the team and loved playing the game. I watched as Noah learned sportsmanship, including caring for, and about, injured players on both team. I Watched him develop confidence and an increasingly positive self-image. Whether, successfully playing defense or offense or being a goalie (and oldman wearing the converted green goalie gloves) he was clearly lear ning trust in his teammates, faith in himself, self-reliance and self-control. With every game, he was demonstrating an understanding of teamwork and the courage to run with the

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ball and charge ahead. He was mastering the skill of strategy and decisionmaking; of knowing when to pass and when to shoot, when to kick and when to throw; and experiencing the thrill of being the star as well as the satisfaction of letting the next guy (or gal) shine. Watching him race back and forth was watching a little boy being transformed into a young man; watching someone realize that he was part of an effort bigger than himself as others relied on him to share his individuality with the group as the group worked collectively to highlight his individuality. Yup, on that soccer field, our Noah was not only learning, he was teaching: teaching that team sports played right, is more than playing, it’s a serious lesson in character development and good choices, and that all that running towards a goal is part of achieving the greater goal of making great kids into great people. © 2021 Ron Goldman

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I’ve always been a good sport , but never, ever a natural (or even unnatural) athlete. As a k9d I may have had athlete’s foot, but never boasted the foot (or arm) of an athlete. Even as a parent, I could only (accurately) announce that my children already exceeded my athletic prowess the day they learned to walk. Indeed my four kids (and wife) between them, eventually excelled in basketball, field hockey, ice hockey, flag football, dodgeball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, running, boogieboarding, ice skating, skateboarding and even rugby. Meanwhile, I pursued the “contact” sports of chess, debating and politics. Actually, in high school, I did, briefly, (try to) play soccer, having previously only challenged my sister to a game where I would “sock her.” Living in Manhattan, we practiced in Central Park where we trained by running through the park which, in the 1960s, helped us outrun the muggers. (Itself a sports of sorts). Eventually, I was kicked off (pun intended) the team for allowing a 200-pound-plus monster to get around rather than through my 101-pound frame and score three (or

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Affordable development takes step forward merce President Erik Mahler said, “The Chamber of Commerce is in full support of any developments in Baldwin.” The development would support area retailers, officials said, as it would be located less than a half-mile from Baldwin’s Long Island Rail Road station and would be served by north-south and eastwest bus routes. PGD Baldwin Commons would lie within the Grand Avenue Urban Renewal Area, on the block west of Grand Avenue and north of Merrick Road. Originally established as the Urban Renewal Plan in 2008, it was revised in 2014 to call for the “redevelopment of deteriorated and underutilized properties…with a mix of uses, including commercial, retail and residential units,” according to a Long Island Regional Economic Development Council 2020 report. “This would be the first project of its kind within the Baldwin Urban Renewal Area and the Downtown Revitalization Area,” said Allen Handelman, vice President of Conifer Realty LLC, the developer previously heading the project. Two developers had previously tried to do

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A rendering of the proposed PGD Baldwin Commons affordable housing project at 785 Merrick Road.

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A dilApidAted vACAnt diner and auto storage yard now sit on the project site, which is situated within the Grand Avenue Renewal Area, a half-mile from Baldwin’s Long Island Rail Road site. work in the area, to no avail. A dilapidated vacant diner and auto storage yard are now located on the project site. Both would have to be demolished. The new structure’s ground floor would include fitness, laundry and community rooms. The Baldwin Civic Association also supports the project. President Darien Ward told the Herald, “The tenants are ideal to live in the number of apartments, increasing opportunities for the residents to engage and support the various retail ... and contribute to the development of an active downtown community.“ Now that the preliminary resolution has been approved, a public meeting must be scheduled and a second review of the economic package undertaken before the town IDA can vote on final resolution authorizing the project to move forward.

pgd Baldwin Commons by the numbers — $16 million estimated project cost — 32,504-square-foot, four-story building — 27 one- and six two-bedroom units — 60 percent of Medium Area Incomebased rent — 75 temporary construction jobs — $850,000 Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant recipient

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Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok. Role requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn custom software programs. If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.

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The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to sbrinton@liherald.com

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Richner Communications has openings for Outside Sales Executives to Sell Digital and Print advertising Service and sell both existing and developing new business. If you have the desire to succeed in our fast paced business and are motivated, dependable, have strong communication skills and can manage your own time, We would like to hear from you! Base salary with commission plan. Paid sick/personal days, vacation and paid holidays. Sales experience is a plus but we will train the right person to learn the industry. email resume to careers@liherald.com SECRETARY NEEDED For CPA Firm, Rockville Centre. Proficient In Word And Excel. Flexible Hours Monday- Friday. 516-536-0300 Ext.121

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A. Do things once, the best way. A deck isn’t habitable, but a sunroom is, and a permit is required. Plans have to show structural support, energy and building code compliance. Rain, moisture and ice are your primary concerns.

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You need the whole story without the sales onte eeper part. Just like any purchase, issues you might not expect are still important, like finding out what kind of oil to add to your snow blower before the engine seizes or that windows without factory tinting can allow ultraviolet sunlight rays to fade your carpet. As an architect for a largely popular sunroom manufacturer in the 1980s and ’90s, I experienced many issues with their construction.

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Q. I’m buying a sunroom for my breakfast room on the back of my split-level house, about 8 feet off the ground. I’m being told by the contractor that I need an architect and sealed plans. Since it’s basically a kit of parts that will go on my existing deck, why do I need this? It seems like a lot of extra expense the sunroom people didn’t tell me about. If I already have a permit for the deck, it should be allowed, right? I haven’t bought the sunroom yet. I’m just trying to be sure I know the whole story before I do this, probably by spring, when the weather is better for construction. Any advice would be helpful.

Pre-engineered panel systems are designed by the company, hopefully by engineers, and should come with plans, from the manufacturer, that can be sealed and signed by their in-house engineer. If not, plans may need to be drawn from scratch by an architect or engineer that you hire so those plans can be integrated with your house. Integrated means that the company generally just sells you a product and doesn’t necessarily give any indication of how to support the unit or how to attach the unit system to your house so that it won’t leak or move. This is the general failing of the system, since, as I experienced with most of the installations, the part I could detail was free of leaking or movement, but the units themselves leaked nearly every time. We could detail how the edges of the unit could be sealed and redundantly weather-stripped and flashed, but the frames around the glass and wall edges would unseal and leak. I even met with the corporate president/owner and identified the specific problems. Promises to correct leak issues were made but not kept, and eventually I gave up. I looked at a two-year-old system while discussing other work for a home recently. The owner described the back-and-forth misery he and his family were experiencing with their sunroom and the company. Even 25 years after I gave up, the same company is still doing things the same way. You need a detail-oriented architect and installer, even if you think you don’t. The cost of doing things twice is much greater. Good luck. © 2021 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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t’s rare that you get the chance to meet your professional heroes, so when one of mine, former Newsday environmental reporter Dan Fagin, now the director of NYU’s graduate Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, recently came to Hofstra University to give an hour-long talk on his seminal book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation,” I had to attend. His 462-page masterwork, published by Bantam, recounts the decades-long history of industrialSCoTT waste mismanagement and malfeaBRINToN sance in Toms River, N.J., a seaside community of about 94,000 an hour and a half south of New York City. I read the book shortly after it was published in 2014, and ever since, I had hoped to meet Fagin, now 58, of Sea Cliff. Toms River is known for its high rate of childhood cancers, in particular leukemia among girls under 5, from the early 1970s through the 2000s. Government reports attribute the spike, at least in part, to the “public health hazards” posed by widespread soil and water contamination at a now-closed Ciba-Geigy chemical plant and

a massive, illegal toxic-waste dump at Reich Farm, which has been cleaned up, but only came under consideration for removal from the federal Superfund Site list this year. Both the plant and the dump tainted local drinking-water wells, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. In “Toms River,” Fagin details the sordid events that spread a witch’s brew of carcinogens among the good people of this otherwise safe community, which has a reputation for patriotism, a vibrant civic culture and a deep love of Little League baseball. Toms River reminds me of so many Long Island coastal communities — earnest, hard-working, conservative-leaning but not extreme in its political views, inhabited by professionals and blue-collar workers alike. And, as is the case in more than one Long Island community, innocent residents there were forced to cope with an industrial disaster not of their making. From 2001 to 2005, I reported on Freeport Power Plant No. 2, which for three decades had spewed unfiltered exhaust from its two 13,000-horsepower diesel ship engines into surrounding communities. I walked door to door in the neighborhoods around the plant, asking people whether someone in their homes had had or died of cancer, or whether they knew of any local people

stricken by the disease. In house after house in the Old Lindenmere neighborhood of Merrick, people reported that someone — or multiple people — in their homes had battled cancer or died from it, with many afflicted at young ages. In one case, an entire family of four had succumbed to unusual cancers. I could never call the neighborhood a “cancer cluster,” a designation that required confirmation through years of study to determine whether the cancer cases people reported were a random pattern — an accident of nature, if you will — or were tied to an industrial pollutant such as diesel exhaust, found by scientists to be among the most carcinogenic substances in the world. I worried about my reporting: Was I unnecessarily scaring people? Once I had begun, however, I quickly realized I couldn’t stop until the plant was shut down. Otherwise, residents would have lived in constant fear, and many potential homebuyers might have avoided the area, depressing housing prices. I wrote 44 stories, and thanks largely to then State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., Long Island Power Authority Chairman Richard Kessel, and Merrick civic activists Joe Kralovich and Bob Young, the plant was closed in March 2002 and replaced in September 2005 by a clean-burning natural-gas

hen it comes to health crises, it’s not that far from Toms River, N.J., to Freeport.

plant that included pollution controls. The old plant, grandfathered from the Clean Air Act of 1970 because it was completed in 1969, had none. I had a question for Fagin: Should journalists pursue such stories through anecdotal reporting, despite the lack of an official cancer-cluster designation? I was heartened by his answer: Journalists mustn’t ignore such stories. We must be honest with our audiences about “the lack of evidence” — that is, the dearth of state and federal data to back people’s assertions — but we should press forward. Whew! I was hoping he’d say that. Two decades later, I know that pursuing the power plant story was the right thing to do. On Oct. 22, 2001, I snapped a photo of 9-year-old Tyler Seaman, of Old Lindenmere, clutching two candles at a vigil outside a state public hearing over Plant No. 2’s operating permit. The photo appeared on the front page of the Oct. 25-Oct. 31 Merrick and Bellmore Heralds, and I included Tyler’s comments from the hearing in the story. “I am afraid every day that I will not see another day,” he said. In 2006, Tyler learned he had chordoma, a rare bone cancer that lodges at the base of the skull or in the spine. He died in 2010, at 18. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

To sleep, perchance to pop awake again

n my hopeful search for common ground between the political and cultural forces of the far right and the far left, I have pretty much come up empty. Until now. After much consideration and not that much scientific research (since so many people don’t believe in it anyway), I realize that what many of us have in common is sleeplessness. I generally don’t ask friends how they sleep, but more and more often, someone mentions that their sleep has RANDI changed during KREISS and post-pandemic, if we even are “post,” which is part of the problem. I imagine that folks on the right are up at night worrying about the big money the Dems want to spend. Some tell me they think that, if the Build Back Better bills pass, the money will be mismanaged or disappear into a maze of inefficient government programs. I hear fears that undeserving people will get a “free ride” and others will have to pay their tab. They think about President Biden’s age and

wonder if he can lead us in the world. Who will pay for it all? they ask. Some Republicans resist vaccine mandates and mask mandates, believing their civil liberties are being violated. They stay up at night worrying about what their kids are being taught in school. Yeah, it’s enough to keep you tossing and turning. I know what folk on the left are thinking, because that’s where I stand, although I am losing patience with the far left and finding myself drifting to the center. No wonder we can’t sleep: We’re all floating. I worry that resistance to Covid vaccine mandates will perpetuate a chronic pandemic, unleashing unknowable variants. I think the Dems, addicted to infighting, will lose a one-time opportunity to pass legislation this session that would truly help people with child care and elder care and medical coverage. Here is the chance to repair roads and bridges and outdated schools. The Dems have failed miserably in communicating the good stuff in these bills, while perseverating publicly on everything that will be left out of a compromise package. I so believe in what they’re doing, but their message isn’t reso-

nating with voters. One commentator advised the Dems to stop giving us the detailed recipe for what you’re baking and let us taste the brownies! The other stuff I worry about is, oh, basic things like no one can agree on facts or the truth or whether or not John F. Kennedy Jr. is really dead or when the last election will be overthrown. We haven’t even touched on gender rights and racial equality and climate change, and why anti-Semitism is surging across America. Last night I lay awake thinking about the fact that hundreds of QAnon followers gathered in Dallas last week to greet JFK Jr., who has been dead since 1999. They believed that he would appear and help Donald Trump become president again. How can you sleep when this kind of aberrational thinking is gaining traction? So, can we agree that wherever we sit on the political and cultural spectrum, our worries are keeping us up at night? In the world of sleep science, five major disorders are recognized: insomnia, restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, narcolepsy and REM sleep disorder. I am describing

o matter your politics, it seems, you’ve got plenty to worry about.

something new that blossomed with the pandemic and now feels as chronic as the uncertainty with which we live. Back in 2020, once I realized that Covid19 would not be a two- or three-week sprint, my sleep changed. I would fall asleep because I was emotionally exhausted and then I would pop awake, and this would go on for hours. When I woke in the morning, my heart would be racing. I’ve learned some breathing techniques and other ways to talk myself down and relax. But I don’t sleep as peacefully as I once did. When I pop awake these days, I read a boring science article or an underwhelming book. No middle-of-the-night crosswords, bridge, Words With Friends or checking out the morning newspapers. Eventually, I sleep. So, for my friends worried about Biden and his programs, and my friends worried about the insurrection of Jan. 6 and the resurrection of a former president, watch your alcohol, caffeine and nicotine intake in the evening, get into a regular bedtime routine, exercise during the day, and if you pop awake, read or do some other quiet activity until you feel sleepy. See a doctor if symptoms persist, or if you think you saw John Junior on the grassy knoll last week. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ravo to New York state voters for overwhelmingly passing a ballot referendum last week adding wording to the New York Constitution’s Bill of Rights guaranteeing the right to clean water, air and a healthful environment. The measure passed with nearly 70 percent of the vote. Some 1.9 million New Yorkers voted for it, while roughly 860,000 voted against it. Clearly, New Yorkers were signaling that, yes, they care about the environment, and yes, they would like to protect it. Here’s the challenge: It’s one thing to put to paper that you care about the environment. It’s another thing entirely to act, day in and day out, in a manner that actually protects the environment. Each of our daily actions — many of them seemingly small — can either contribute to protecting our environment or potentially do irrevocable harm. Take washing your car, for example. How you wash it can have a profound effect on the environment, particularly the wetlands that hug Long Island’s shores. Here we must pause and offer high praise to the Village of Garden City, which in 2013 became one of the few local municipalities to prohibit residents from cleaning their cars on their own properties. It’s a critical local ordinance. Washing your car in your driveway damages the environment, because everything that is washed from it streams into the storm drains —

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letters The people spoke at the ballot box To the Editor: Voters nationwide sent a message to our elected leaders on Nov. 2, reminding them that they do, in fact, work for us, not the other way around. The pushback put a stop to multiple socialist agendas via the power of the vote. Here are important takeaways from the election: ■ Parents should have a voice in how their children are educated. The people spoke loud and clear. Just ask Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. Even former President Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, former U.S. Rep. Stacey Abrams of Georgia and President Biden himself couldn’t sway that vote. ■ We are not a racist nation, even though socialists keep pushing that false narrative. Now the focus has shifted to calling Black conservatives like Larry Elder and newly elected Winsome Sears the new faces of

from the soap and polish to oil, grease and gasoline — and eventually winds up in the wetlands and bays surrounding the Island. While there are eco-friendly biodegradable soaps, many are poisonous to marine life, often with a host of cancer-causing ingredients, from naphthalene to perchloroethylene and methylene chloride, and the phosphates that several soaps contain accelerate seaweed growth. When the seaweed reaches unnatural lengths, it breaks apart in the saltwater and rots, robbing fish of dissolved oxygen, creating dead zones in local bays. Washing your car by hand also wastes a great deal of water compared with professional car washes, which, as a matter of sound business practice, recycle 90 percent of their water. Additionally, the federal Clean Water Act of 1972 requires car washes to route wastewater to treatment facilities “designed to protect the environment,” according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency. To understand the scope of the issue at hand, we point to the Town of Hempstead, which has jurisdiction over the wetlands across Nassau’s South Shore, from Atlantic Beach in the west to Seaford in the east. That’s more than 180 miles of coastline and 17,000 acres of wetlands. Anything that seeps down through the storm drains winds up there. We would encourage any officials in charge of Nassau’s villages, towns and cities to think hard about following Garden

City’s example and prohibit residents from washing their cars in their driveways. The Town of Oyster Bay, which has jurisdiction over wetlands on both the north and south shores, addresses the issue on its Storm Water Runoff and Water Quality website, saying residents should wash their cars on their lawns rather than in their driveways. At least then the wastewater doesn’t wash into the streets, wetlands and bays, the logic goes. The State Department of Environmental Conservation offers the same suggestion. The trouble is, the practice is about as damaging to Long Island’s environment as washing your car in your driveway. Toxins slowly seep through the soil into groundwater and, eventually, the aquifers that we depend on for our drinking water. The aquifers are massive stores of underground water, deposited tens of millions of years ago. Without them we would need to import our drinking water from off Long Island, at an exorbitant cost. Bottom line: Wash your car at a professional car wash. You might pay a little more, but you’ll save yourself precious time, you’ll support an important local business, and you’ll help save the environment. Following this most recent election, we hope our government leaders from across Nassau County will double down on their efforts to protect the environment. We only have one Earth.

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f Election Day 2021 proved anything, it’s that Long Island voters shouldn’t be taken for granted. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran had been told by pollsters, Democratic Party leaders and pundits that she had this. She had attended all the civic meetings, street fairs and news conferences. She was approachable, engaged and empathic. And she spent four years raising campaign cash with the intent of spending all of it to ensure no surprises on election night. ronALD J. What she didn’t hear was the palparosenBerG ble anger of homeowners whose property assessments are still way out of whack. Nor could she avoid being on the same ballot with a Democratic district attorney candidate who co-sponsored the state’s bail bill that puts criminals back on the street before the arresting police can return to their patrol cars. For Curran, standing next to State Sen. Todd Kaminsky was more than minor collateral damage. Nor could she control what appears to

be an anemic county Democratic organization that is long on strategic analysis, but short on the ability to get its own supporters out to vote. The Republican candidate, Bruce Blakeman, astutely declined to follow the traditional tactics of a campaign “underdog.” He didn’t attack the incumbent. On any number of occasions, he told audiences that “she is undoubtedly a nice person.” But Blakeman would then methodically examine the policy failings of the Curran administration and let the facts speak for themselves. The voters heard, and responded. Blakeman had a crucial partner: Nassau GOP Chairman Joseph G. Cairo Jr. Quiet, reserved and a veteran of countless election nights, Cairo has the unique ability to intuitively spot political trends, recruit candidates who resonate with voters and, perhaps most important, pay attention to the grassroots mechanics of motivating voters to leave their homes on chilly, rainy November nights and head to the polls. While much coverage has been devoted to Blakeman’s victory, Cairo’s political professionalism reached beyond that single election-night win. North Hempstead,

otivating voters to leave home on a chily night and head to the polls.

Letters white supremacy. Sears, elected as Virginia’s first female lieutenant governor of color, broke a glass ceiling, yet she didn’t receive a minute’s recognition by mainstream media. The only thing more pathetic was the Lincoln Project attempting to paint Virginia Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin as a white supremacist, and being dumb enough to hire a Black man holding a torch to represent its twisted, lying depiction. ■ The American people do not want to defund the police. That proposal went down in flames wherever it was on the ballot. ■ The people know that inflation has been caused by the Biden agenda. Just go shopping! ■ Hispanics living along the border voted overwhelmingly to secure our borders. ■ The people know that violent crime is on the rise. ■ The people see vaccine mandates being implemented throughout the nation while members of Congress exempt themselves from them. (Just like Obamacare!) ■ The majority of people do not want bail reform. ■ The people see the hypocrisy of the recent climate-change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, that more than 400 private planes flew in to, and Biden’s motorcade in Rome only days earlier had 85 vehicles in it.

a generational Democratic enclave, went Republican, too, with Jennifer DeSena beating Wayne Wink in the race for town supervisor — no small feat given Wink’s longstanding political presence in that township and overwhelming Democratic enrollment. Cairo also knows his political history. He saw how the Nassau County Republican Party of the late 1940s reinvented itself when Long island suburbs became home to Italians, Jews and Irish seeking a place for their families in communities across post-war Long Island. Those ethnicities became the next-generation Republicans. So, it’s no surprise that Cairo nominated Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip, a first-time candidate from Great Neck, to run against incumbent Democratic County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum in the 10th District, with Pilip declaring victory last Tuesday night. And just who is this person that Cairo entrusted with this race? Pilip was born in Ethiopia, moved to Israel at age 12, and became an Israel Defense Forces paratrooper and a gunsmith before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy from the University of Haifa and

a master’s in diplomacy and security from Tel Aviv University. The ability to motivate Republican voters to make their voices heard has put two other Democratic Nassau legislative incumbents at risk, with Republican Paolo Pironi ahead of self-proclaimed “independent” Joshua Lafazan, and Republican Daniel Atler leading Democratic Legislator Arnold Drucker by several hundred votes. Absentee ballots may ultimately decide those races, but the tally thus far has certainly given the incumbents a shock. Like meteorologists, pollsters get paid whether they get the forecast right or not. Candidates should view Election Day 2021 as a cautionary tale, as the Nassau GOP wins have sent a shock wave from one end of the state to the other. The victory tally is reminding both parties that, regardless of the latest social media, computer-driven analytics, media endorsements and geo-fencing digital ads, there is no substitute for the type of grass-roots politics practiced by Cairo and the Nassau GOP. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

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We, the people, have spoken using the power of democracy by voting. I hope this is only the tip of the spear, and the momentum will carry through to the midterms next year. When the media lies, democracy dies. TOM O’CONNOR North Bellmore

A glance at NYC’s subway past To the Editor: On Oct. 27, 1904, the Interborough Rapid Transit company opened the first subway line. It ran nine miles uptown from City Hall on Manhattan’s East Side, across 42nd Street (today’s 42nd Street Shuttle) to Times Square, and uptown to 145th Street. It included 28 stations. More than 150,000 riders paid a 5-cent fare. The original BMT (Brooklyn Manhattan Rapid Transit — today’s B, D, J, M, N, Q, R and Z lines) and IRT (Interboro Rapid Transit — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Franklin Avenue and Times Square shuttles) subway systems were constructed and managed by the private sector, with no government operating subsidies. Financial viability depended entirely on farebox revenues. These systems supported both the development and the economic growth of numerous neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.

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In the 1930s, New York City began construction of the new IND (Independent Subway — today’s A, C, E, F and G lines). This new municipal system, subsidized by taxpayer dollars, provided direct competition to both the IRT and BMT. Municipal government forced them into economic ruin by denying them fare increases that would have provided access to additional revenues. Big Brother, just like the Godfa-

ther, eventually made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. The owners folded and sold out to City Hall. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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